Celebrating Chinese New Year in Liverpool 🐍 Year of the Snake 2025

Join me as I join the crowd of the 2025 Chinese New Year Procession at the heart of Liverpool's city center to say goodbye to the Year of the Dragon and welcome the Year of the Snake! 🐍✨ Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is a traditional holiday celebrated in many Asian countries. It marks the start of the lunar calendar year and usually lasts for 15 days. Families celebrate with special meals, decorations like red lanterns, and activities such as giving red envelopes with money for good luck. What to expect? Beautiful weather with sunshine throughout the entire day Colorful Beijing opera-style and traditional Chinese costumes Stilt walkers Fist-bumps 🤜🤛 Dragon dances Lanterns Lion dances Flags Traditional group choreography dances Drums, lots and lots of drums Lettuce for good luck ;) A big shoutout to the Liverpool Hung Gar Kung Fu Friendship Association, Pagoda Arts, Movema, Wirral Chinese Cultural Association, UK Phoenix Chinese Cultural & Artistic Association, In Harmony, and the Shanghai Children’s Palace Orchestras, along with everyone else who helped organize this fantastic event. 🎬 Filmed on: Saturday, January 25, 2025 📍 Location: Paradise Street, Liverpool ONE, Royal Albert Dock in Liverpool, United Kingdom.